Maniots

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Maniots are a Greek ethnic subgroup known for their fiercely independent warrior culture, distinctive customs, and long history in the rugged Mani region of the Peloponnese.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Maniots canonical 3
Souliotes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek ethnic subgroup ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralHomeland Mani Peninsula ⓘ
coastline Laconian Gulf ⓘ
Messenian Gulf ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Peloponnese ⓘ
culture honor-based customs ⓘ
traditional clan structure ⓘ
vendetta tradition ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Greece ⓘ
folklore ballads about war and vendetta ⓘ
geographicFeature rugged mountainous terrain ⓘ
historicalRegion Inner Mani ⓘ
Lower Mani ⓘ
Outer Mani ⓘ
historicalStatus semi-autonomous under Ottoman rule ⓘ
inhabit Mani ⓘ
knownFor blood feuds ⓘ
fierce independence ⓘ
piracy in the Mediterranean ⓘ
resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
tower houses ⓘ
warrior culture ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
locatedIn Laconia ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
militaryRole irregular fighters in Greek War of Independence ⓘ
notableClan Grigorakis family ⓘ
Mavromichalis family ⓘ
Tzanetakis family ⓘ
notableLeader Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis ⓘ
Petros Mavromichalis ⓘ
participatedIn Greek War of Independence ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
reputation unsubdued by Ottoman Empire ⓘ
selfIdentification Hellenes ⓘ
linked to: Greeks
speak Greek language ⓘ
Maniot dialect of Greek ⓘ
subgroupOf Greeks ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture stone tower houses ⓘ
traditionalDress distinctive Maniot costume ⓘ
traditionalEconomy olive cultivation ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
traditionalRegion Mani ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType fortified villages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesa Mani → historicalRegionOf → Maniots ⓘ
Markos Botsaris → associatedWith → Souliotes ⓘ
linked to: Maniots